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Obama said the United States needs to produce more....

Post by FighterPilotF22 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:07 pm

Engineers and less lawyers.

Ouch. what a diss.

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Post by LLB2JD » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:08 pm

FighterPilotF22 wrote:Engineers and less lawyers.

Ouch. what a diss.
I'll just turn the other ear, or in the case, close my eyes, and at like I didn't see this... <<backs out of thread>>

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Post by FighterPilotF22 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:11 pm

LLB2JD wrote:
FighterPilotF22 wrote:Engineers and less lawyers.

Ouch. what a diss.
I'll just turn the other ear, or in the case, close my eyes, and at like I didn't see this... <<backs out of thread>>
I'm just saying, that Obama is a Lawyer himself. He should be more supportive to the future of the profession.

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Post by cartercl » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:11 pm

He's right... What's the problem?

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Post by gbpackerbacker » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:12 pm

cartercl wrote:He's right... What's the problem?

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Post by FighterPilotF22 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:17 pm

lawyers are a lot more brilliant and useful than engineers! how many engineers are in congress?!

lol my point is this, lawyers >> engineer. who wants to make 35k and nerd it up at a Ford Factory?

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Post by goldeneagle » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:24 pm

actually an engineer at Ford would start at 50-60k...
this is a salary many lawyers would kill for ITE.

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Post by gbpackerbacker » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:27 pm

FighterPilotF22 wrote:lawyers are a lot more brilliant and useful than engineers! how many engineers are in congress?!

lol my point is this, lawyers >> engineer. who wants to make 35k and nerd it up at a Ford Factory?
Being in Congress in an indicator of brilliance? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Post by StrictlyLiable » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:28 pm

FighterPilotF22 wrote:Engineers and less lawyers.

Ouch. what a diss.
Where did you see this?

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Post by bigben » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:28 pm

FighterPilotF22 wrote:how many engineers are in congress?!
This is +1 for engineers, -1 for lawyers.
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Post by bigben » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:30 pm

gbpackerbacker wrote:
FighterPilotF22 wrote:lawyers are a lot more brilliant and useful than engineers! how many engineers are in congress?!

lol my point is this, lawyers >> engineer. who wants to make 35k and nerd it up at a Ford Factory?
Being in Congress in an indicator of brilliance? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
It's even less of an indicator for usefulness.

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Post by 09042014 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:31 pm

FighterPilotF22 wrote:
LLB2JD wrote:
FighterPilotF22 wrote:Engineers and less lawyers.

Ouch. what a diss.
I'll just turn the other ear, or in the case, close my eyes, and at like I didn't see this... <<backs out of thread>>
I'm just saying, that Obama is a Lawyer himself. He should be more supportive to the future of the profession.
No way, being a lawyer is a failure.

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Post by FighterPilotF22 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:32 pm

StrictlyLiable wrote:
FighterPilotF22 wrote:Engineers and less lawyers.

Ouch. what a diss.
Where did you see this?
i heard Obama say these remarks during the Chinese/American press conference last week.

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Post by StrictlyLiable » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:33 pm

FighterPilotF22 wrote:
StrictlyLiable wrote:
FighterPilotF22 wrote:Engineers and less lawyers.

Ouch. what a diss.
Where did you see this?
i heard Obama say these remarks during the Chinese/American press conference last week.
Oh, okay. I'm just curious where that came from and the context. I don't really care, just for curiosity sake.

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Post by Malcolm8X » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:39 pm

FighterPilotF22 wrote:
LLB2JD wrote:
FighterPilotF22 wrote:Engineers and less lawyers.

Ouch. what a diss.
I'll just turn the other ear, or in the case, close my eyes, and at like I didn't see this... <<backs out of thread>>
I'm just saying, that Obama is a Lawyer himself. He should be more supportive to the future of the profession.
+1
'The nation needs less of ME!'
-Obama

Don't we already have tons of schools like GA Tech, MIT, INCLUDING state schools that produce tons and tons of engineers?! I think the real problem lies in the fact that our manufacturing sector is going abroad. Love Obama, but I think this is a crutch statement for why our economy is doing poorly.

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Post by cartercl » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:41 pm

StrictlyLiable wrote:
Oh, okay. I'm just curious where that came from and the context. I don't really care, just for curiosity sake.
Probably from the same message he's been preaching since he took office: that the U.S. is losing ground to the Chinese everyday because the number of people majoring in hard sciences is constantly declining.

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Post by sanjola » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:49 pm

cartercl wrote:
StrictlyLiable wrote:
Oh, okay. I'm just curious where that came from and the context. I don't really care, just for curiosity sake.
Probably from the same message he's been preaching since he took office: that the U.S. is losing ground to the Chinese everyday because the number of people majoring in hard sciences is constantly declining.
I was going to post something to this effect. Engineers do a lot more than his job entails.

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Post by SrLaw » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:51 pm

Dislike Barack with a passion. Dislike his wife even more.

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Post by mez06 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:53 pm

SrLaw wrote:Dislike Barack with a passion. Dislike his wife even more.
What valid reason could you have to truly dislike the first lady?

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Post by Soda Mixer » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:57 pm

SrLaw wrote:Dislike his wife even more.
Outed as a fat kid.

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Re: Obama said the United States needs to produce more....

Post by Pizon » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:11 pm

What if I'm both? The US simultaneously needs more and less of me? :shock:

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Post by LSATWIZ » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:18 pm

Obama has a strong distaste for lawyers, which is interesting as he went to Harvard Law so he must not have felt that way at one point.

Take this summer as evidence:

Barack Obama: "I really hope BP doesn't LAWYER UP."

He's used that expression many times, and has constantly referred to the financial people on Wall Street as well as the lawyers.

I can see his point on the issue. There are a lot of lawyers, and a lawyer is in many ways a thinker. They analyze, help acquire justice and promote a fairer society, but they don't create much. Engineers physically partake in creation.

Both are important, and engineers do make a lot of money. I think the issue is a lot of people become lawyers who don't really possess the correct set of skills to become a lawyer, but just think they're good at arguing or have no other career paths.

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Post by dr123 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:20 pm

Didn't Obama used to work at a BigLaw firm in Chi?

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Post by 09042014 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:24 pm

dr123 wrote:Didn't Obama used to work at a BigLaw firm in Chi?
I think he 1L SA'd for Sidley.

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